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LOT 2368
Natural History - Fossil Morocops Trilobite Group
DEVONIAN PERIOD, 417-354 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 1/4 - 2 3/8 in. (275 grams total, 58-61 mm).
Comprising three Morocops (Barrandeops) sp. on a matrix. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Atlas Mountains, Hamar Laghdad Formation, Prgain, Alnif, Morocco, North Africa.
From an old Oxford, UK, paleontological collection.
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Natural History - Polished Heart-Shaped Fossil Coral Display
Devonian Period, 417-354 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Bifacial palm stone, polished to show to structure of the fossilised coral. 106 grams, 68 mm
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. -
Natural History - Giant Elephant Bird Eggshell Group
Pleistocene Period, 2.6 million-11,700 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Comprising four sections of Aepyornis eggs. 50 grams total, 35-68 mm
From Madagascar. Acquired 1950s-1960s. From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection. -
Natural History - Deltadromeus Dinosaur Fossil Leg Bone Section
Cretaceous Period, 90 million years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
From the front leg of Deltadromeus agilis. 405 grams, 18 cm
From the Kem-Kem Basin, Morocco, North Africa. From an old German paleontological collection.
Deltadromeus had extraordinarily delicate and long limbs making it one of the fastest dinosaurs to have existed. This meat-eating dinosaur was an early off-shoot of the theropod line on northern continents that gave rise to Tyrannosaurus and the raptor Deinonychus.
